A community college’s move to help solve the problem of hunger is the subject of a talk today.

Inver Hills Community College Prof. Barbara Curchack has worked with students and with a fellow psychology professor at Metropolitan State University, August Hoffman, to provide food to the needy.

A talk called “A Campus Feeds a Community” will be offered at 11:30 a.m. in room 203 of Heritage Hall on campus in Inver Grove Heights.

The first growing season in 2012 for the Inver Hills-Metro State Interdisciplinary Community Garden “produced more than 1,500 pounds of fresh produce that was donated to the local community,” officials say. The site includes a 50-tree apple orchard.

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